Overview
System Restore is a built-in Windows feature that helps you roll back your system to a previous state when something goes wrong. But sometimes, your antivirus program may interfere with System Restore, stopping it from completing successfully.
This guide explains why this happens and how to fix it. If you’d rather not troubleshoot alone, avguide-help provides independent third-party support to ensure your restore process completes safely.
Why it happens
- Antivirus locks or quarantines files that System Restore needs to copy back.
- Real-time protection can block the restore engine from writing system files.
- Conflicting drivers or services installed by security software.
Quick fixes (summary)
- Temporarily disable real-time protection and retry the restore.
- Use Safe Mode to run System Restore with minimal interference.
- Check antivirus logs and restore quarantined files if needed.
